Proteides mercurius
Appearance
Proteides mercurius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Proteides |
Species: | P. mercurius
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Binomial name | |
Proteides mercurius (Fabricius, 1787)
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Proteides mercurius, the mercurial skipper, is a species of dicot skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.[1][2][3]
The MONA or Hodges number for Proteides mercurius is 3868.[4]
Subspecies
[edit]These five subspecies belong to the species Proteides mercurius:
- Proteides mercurius angasi Godman & Salvin, 1886
- Proteides mercurius mercurius (Fabricius, 1787)
- Proteides mercurius sanantonio (Lucas, 1857)
- Proteides mercurius sanchesi Bell & Comstock, 1948
- Proteides mercurius vincenti Bell & Comstock, 1948
References
[edit]- ^ "Proteides mercurius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Proteides mercurius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Proteides mercurius species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Proteides mercurius". Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
[edit]- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Proteides mercurius at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Eudaminae
- Butterflies of Central America
- Hesperiidae of South America
- Lepidoptera of French Guiana
- Fauna of Suriname
- Butterflies of Cuba
- Lepidoptera of Brazil
- Lepidoptera of the United States
- Lepidoptera of Colombia
- Lepidoptera of Mexico
- Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
- Butterflies described in 1787
- Hesperiidae stubs